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Music of spheres allusion

Thanks for updating Doremi Fasol Latido. Have you got a link or ref for the Music of the Spheres allusion? - I was unable to dig any up. My understanding is that, although the title may very well be an allusion to the Music of the Spheres, the actual words (Do, Re, Mi, etc) are taken directly from solfege/solmization. The Sound of Music merely popularised them. Secret Squïrrel 09:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info re Professor Bubbles' cosmological views! He's confused two related concepts because Pythogoras didn't assign syllables to the tones of the spheres - that was done later in the 10th or 11th century. Anyway, I've always thought that Lemmy was the sane one... Secret Squïrrel 14:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a quick note to let you know that I clarified your note re the music of the spheres allusion, to make it easier for people who haven't heard of Do-Re-Mi-... to understand the origin of the words (ie why those words were chosen instead of some other solmization). Full text now reads:

This album was titled by graphic artist Barney Bubbles. The title refers to the assignment of syllables to steps of the diatonic scale (Do-Re-Mi, etc) and alludes to the music of the spheres.

Secret Squïrrel 04:25, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I picked up on your aversion to mentioning the S of M in a Hawkwind article (quite right too) which is why I linked Do-Re-Mi to the disambig page and not the song page. I agree that there could be some more detail re Bubbles' vision - you seem to have a primary source for that, do you want to have a go at summarising what you put on my Talk page? Secret Squïrrel 15:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work

Excellent work on the GWR Records page. Bravo! Bubba hotep 13:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And again thanks for the heads up on the Hawkwind:Do Not Panic TV doc. Recorded it, watched up to Lemmy's departure last night, watching rest tonight. Cheers. :) Bubba hotep 20:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Doremi...

Thanks for your input on my talk page.

Firstly, love the HawkBox. Agree with your ideas for expansion & I'll try to give it a go but I'm time-poor so it may be a while.

RE: images, I would have thought most bands would be happy with having a few pictures on wikipedia. The problem is a) how to approach them & b) how to get the pictures up & fair-used so they don't get taken down by an overzealous editor...

On the subject of sound samples for Doremi - when I think of that album I think of "Brainstorm" Would 30 seconds cover from "Standing on the runway waiting to take off" through to the chorus?

All the best, Mike Megamanic 07:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One album per article

please mate. It gets messy otherwise, and Wikipedia isn't paper :) --kingboyk 21:46, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And there you were telling me to merge and delete articles. Drwhawkfan 18:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lemmy Kilmister Public Service Award

Here's an award that I was given some time back by Hammy Sarny, the "Lemmy Kilmister Public Service Award". I'm giving you this for your outstanding contributions to Lemmy material here at Wikipedia (the best online information resource). I guess you deserve a WindyHawk one too, but I wouldn't know which shops to find those in :p (is there a Dave-doll like Lemmy's? - On second thoughts don't answer that I really don't fancy a second grossing out if there is :).--Alf ^melmac 13:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This award was, and is well deserved. I am overdue in offering you my thanks, for your outstanding rock'n'roll duties! Keep up the great work! Best regards, Hamster Sandwich (talk) 00:43, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Album Chronology

I don't remember seeing that guideline before but I don't completely agree with it and most wikipedians seem to ignore it anyway. The problem is what we should put in compilation and live albums chronology then? Only records of the same type? It seems a bit awkward to me unless we indicate somehow that given chronology applies only to certain album type. And if we link compilations with studio albums and studio albums only with other studio albums there is no flow between all records. The guidline doesn't say anything about it. Personally, I would be for every album in the chronology since more and more bands are getting their own templates so it's not a big problem to jump between studio albums. Pietaster (talk) 13:39, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok ok. Sorry for not responding earlier but I was busy with other things. If you check any random band most of them will have compilations and live albums also included in their chronologies that's what I was trying to say. So maybe most of wikipedians don't know about this guidline. And as for EPs in chronology most punk bands have them included in their chronologies. Maybe this is wrong but I'm just stating how it is with most articles. As for the dates I'll try to use British standard for British pages but still I don't think it's such a big problem as they appear to every user according to their preferences anyway. Pietaster (talk) 08:02, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I replied there too. Just wanted to keep our discussion separate. Pietaster (talk) 08:24, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Tawn/Hawkfan

Don't they deserve a page or two? One of the most dedicated, long lasting fanzine/publishers ever! Could you create it (unless of course you are Brian...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Yowser (talk • contribs) 16:15, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's no way such an article would pass WP:NOTABILITY, I'm afraid. Too fanboy, not encyclopaedic enough. Drwhawkfan (talk) 17:14, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Atomhenge

I'd be very interested if you get any of the Atomhenge re-releases over your opinion of them - I don't "need" any - having got them all 1st time round, but depending on the quality of the mix and the bonus tracks I may be tempted - any opinion welcome--C Hawke (talk) 12:54, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think these are going to be as definitive, comprehensive and well packaged as they're ever going to be. But like you, my interest will only be raised by "new" material, and only the period that interests me (up to 1980's Levitation).

The Hawklords album has got a plethora of demos and alt. takes, so the question is are you as enthusiastic about this album to want to hear this extra material? The answer for me is probably no, I'll see what the fan-base report of it first. But I do know that Atomhenge have scheduled a live CD of an entire Hawklords show which I find a more interesting proposition.

I don't know what Atomhenge's schedule is, nor the full extent of extra material at their disposal. I'm hopeful that the bonuses on QS&C will include the reported album's worth of tapes recorded Winter 76/7 discovered not too long ago. Also fingers crossed for full live shows from 1977 and 1980. We'll have to wait and see. — Drwhawkfan (talk) 12:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I should add, as far as sound quality goes, that Atomhenge are making a big deal about these CDs being remastered from the original master tapes, apparently the Virgin Charisma CDs weren't (don't ask me what they were mastered from). You could argue that being the original source, the master tapes will offer the best possible audio quality, but then you could argue that those tapes are so old they may well have deteriorated somewhat. Who knows.

What is noteworthy however is that when these releases were announced, I e-mailed Vicky Powell regarding the situation with compression (see Loudness war) and she wrote back saying these releases will be compressed as the general public expect this sound these days. This leaves me thinking that the new releases will be fine in noisy environments (car, i-pod etc), but if you're listening at home on a quality stereo then your old CD releases will have a more full bodied sound to it. — Drwhawkfan (talk) 20:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers - that's interesting about the compression and master tapes - PXR5 will be interesting to see if High Rise matches the vinyl version or the CD version - I thought it had changed as the tapes had "got lost"--C Hawke (talk) 08:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

well after listening to the samples from the Hawklords CD on Play I have taken the plunge (and bought from Amazon as cheaper) - I'll let you know, I may even do a few "blind" tests with the original CD--C Hawke (talk) 17:19, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1st reactions to listening to the new CD, as opposed to the Virgin "compact price" version - some nice extras, the acoustic "The Only Ones" is worth it in its own rigt. Nicely remixed - vocals more centred and clear. Bass rounder but not overpowering -= but as you said, a casualty of the Loudness war - I rip to high quality MP3 and apply Repaly Gain - the replay gain for the Original 25 Years track was -1.13, for the revised version -4.65 - and as these are decibels which as a logarithmic scale that is a big difference. --C Hawke (talk) 09:46, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Motorhead - the song

It's ok. I moved it back. That (and some other similar) articles have been moved more times than Kasparov's chess pieces! – B.hotep •talk• 17:18, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Material / Laswell

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I was half expecting that at some point. — Drwhawkfan (talk) 12:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I think your edit history of Hawkwind speaks for itself. Would love to see you on board. Cheers, ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 16:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Over the last few weeks this has been reduced to almost nothing - I'm not confident enough to revert these edits as there was a fair bit unreferenced, but I think what is there now is not worth a page. Your input would be appreciated. Cheers --C Hawke (talk) 08:43, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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